Senators owner Eugene Melnyk recently decided to take a stand. “[Cooke] should be kicked … He doesn’t belong in the league. He belongs somewhere where the goons play,” an emotional Melnyk told The Ottawa Sun. “Get him in the Central league. He can be a $60,000-a-year guy playing pick-up hockey there. “The guy does not deserve … He’s got one purpose. I remember when this happened with [Jason] Spezza. I said, ‘If these are the rules, I just want to know.’ We’ll play with the same rules. Make sure you have one or two goons whose job is to do this either intentionally or unintentionally.”